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Book ReViews & INterviews: NOTES FROM THE LOST PROPERTY DEPARTMENT

Bridget Pitt has taken on a daunting task in Notes from the Lost Property Department and succeeded with great flair in creating a wonderfully complex book about memory and forgetting, healing and remembering ....A book that at times has a brutality lying cunningly below the beauty, it is a true treasure and proof that Pitt is indeed one of South Africa's best writers at the moment."Read the full review.

Pitt plumbs depths of fading memories to free family's secrets Sue Grant-MarshallBusiness Day November 20, 2015.Family secrets, parental guilt and the intricacies of memory fill this latest book from South African novelist Bridget Pitt, who continues to gather accolades for her work. Read the full review.

Reading Matters on Radio Today﻿8 October 2015﻿Sue Grant-Marshall interviews acclaimed SA writer, Bridget Pitt, about her third novel, "Notes from the Lost Property Department". It’s about a mother-daughter relationship that’s compromised by brain injury, and is set in Johnnesburg and the Drakensberg. Published by Penguin (@PenguinBooksSA).

The TimesAspasia Karras13 October 2015This is a beautifully crafted belated coming of age story as Iris finally reconciles with her adult self and the secrets that stunted her own life and that of her mother. Guilt, sacrifice, secrets, unrequited and dangerously requited love, memory, ageing, death and identity are explored in precise and humane writing... Read the full review

Andrea van Wyk on Power Radio9 October 2015I spoke to local author, Bridget Pitt, about her third novel, "Notes from the Lost Property Department". It is a moving, yet humorous look at brain injury, lost memories, secrets, and the complicated relationship between mother and daughter.

A novel about secrets, broken memories, and defining moments.Rant and Rave ReviewsAndrea van Wyk 2 October 2015Notes from the Lost Property Department is a funny and quirky story about family, but also a tender and absorbing look at brain injury. It’s an examination of identity, of what makes a person what she is, and about her place in the world. Read full Review